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that the agency that epa said were likely linked to fracking chemicals that were injected deal down deep down. the epa is doing further studies, and there is a preliminary report out last month that found it inconclusive. but if fracking is polluting ground water and if it risks emitting methane gas into the atmosphere is there a way to make the process of fracking safer. so there is now promising research showing that it might be possible. joining me now to answer that question, and to really help us sort out fact from friction in this fracking debate is new york time column news and dot earth blog andrew revkin. he is comeing to us frommed with. andrew, welcomed in "the war room." >> it's great to be with you. >> jennifer: all right, you have reported on methods being developed to make fracking safer. and one of them is to track fracking chemicals. in real people's language can you tell us how that would work? >> well, a lot of debate, a lot of the fight over this technology relates to things that are essentially not proveable right now. someone a mile away from a well says that t
that the agency that epa said were likely linked to fracking chemicals that were injected deal down deep down. the epa is doing further studies, and there is a preliminary report out last month that found it inconclusive. but if fracking is polluting ground water and if it risks emitting methane gas into the atmosphere is there a way to make the process of fracking safer. so there is now promising research showing that it might be possible. joining me now to answer that question, and to really...
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however, the epa has a message for all of the lbgt youth out there in tennessee or not. it gets better. they published a video supporting lbgt rights it's a part of dan savage's it gets better project. >> being openly gay at epa has been so much easier than i ever thought. >> when i came to epa to work full-time, i made the decision right away that i was going to be out from the minute that i got here. i didn't want to start this important part of my life in the closet again. >> jennifer: there will always be misguided people like the senator from tennessee, but there will also be a whole lot of people who are kind and welcoming like dan savage and the epa. and it doesn't get much better than that. or maybe it does. remember the 60 sitcom gomer pile? jim neighbors told hawaii news now. we have been together for 38 years, and it was not ashamed of people knowing, it was just such a personal thing that i didn't tell anybody. >> jennifer: they married earlier this month in washington state. congratulations private. and thank you all for joining us in "the war room." hope yo
however, the epa has a message for all of the lbgt youth out there in tennessee or not. it gets better. they published a video supporting lbgt rights it's a part of dan savage's it gets better project. >> being openly gay at epa has been so much easier than i ever thought. >> when i came to epa to work full-time, i made the decision right away that i was going to be out from the minute that i got here. i didn't want to start this important part of my life in the closet again....
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is going to be the means, good luck getting an epa head confirmed, right? >> that is definitely going to be a challenge, and with an outgoing epa head who has troubled a lot of concerns here -- >> >> jennifer: yeah especially with no filibuster reform. >> yeah. >> jennifer: it's a tough one. all right james i got to go but i really thank you so much for joining us again. >> always a pleasure. >> jennifer: okay. and now to a cause that we will not stop caring and talking about here in "the war room." in the 42 days since the tragedy at sandy hook now at least 1,234 americans have died as a result of gun violence. 1,234 people. that's a rough estimate from slate magazine. one of them is 21-year-old rebecca foley, the savanna state university student was shot while she was parking outside of her home. and a friend said she was perfect. the kind of girl your son would like to bring home to mom. rebecca is yet another example of a promising american life cut short by guns and the number continues to grow. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthriti
is going to be the means, good luck getting an epa head confirmed, right? >> that is definitely going to be a challenge, and with an outgoing epa head who has troubled a lot of concerns here -- >> >> jennifer: yeah especially with no filibuster reform. >> yeah. >> jennifer: it's a tough one. all right james i got to go but i really thank you so much for joining us again. >> always a pleasure. >> jennifer: okay. and now to a cause that we will not stop...
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we got a little bit of an inning link that washington state governor is is likely to be head of the epa. do you think hagel's worth fighting for? >> i think that -- i like chuck hagel as -- what we remember as a reasonable republican. >> jennifer: yeah. >> that seemed to be actually interested in some sort of governing. i think the problem is almost anybody -- anything he wants they don't want because the president wants it, governor so i think it's always going to be hard for him. >> jennifer: yeah, i think everyone -- unless we get good filibuster reform. let's listen to a quick sound bite from barney frank this morning about taking over john kerry's seat. take a listen. >> former congressman barney frank would you consider possibly being future senator barney frank if the governor calls you and says fill in for a couple of months. >> i'm not going to be coy. i told the governor that i would like to do that it's only a three-month period. i wouldn't want to do anymore. >> jennifer: is this a good idea? >> yeah, the prospect of he and elizabeth warren in the senate makes me salivate ov
we got a little bit of an inning link that washington state governor is is likely to be head of the epa. do you think hagel's worth fighting for? >> i think that -- i like chuck hagel as -- what we remember as a reasonable republican. >> jennifer: yeah. >> that seemed to be actually interested in some sort of governing. i think the problem is almost anybody -- anything he wants they don't want because the president wants it, governor so i think it's always going to be hard for...